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lotowner
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Buy, Buy, Amer. Pie
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1/26/2010 7:55:19 PM
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Why would China want to destroy their largest market?
URL: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vq8wbXAR4ZQ
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Talullahhound
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Buy, Buy, Amer. Pie
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1/26/2010 8:16:35 PM
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Why indeed -- Americans are addicted to cheap Chinese made products. If we didn't have to have so much stuff, we could make stuff at home.
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MrHodja
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Buy, Buy, Amer. Pie
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1/26/2010 8:46:21 PM
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Indeed, how many men shop at Harbor Freight for cheap tools? Ever wonder where the name Harbor Freight came from? I believe it started in LA or somewhere on the Left Coast and began strictly as an outlet for cheap Chinese goods.
Was at a furniture store several months back...went to the loading dock to pick up my purchase....all the furniture boxes were marked "Made in China".
For those of us who were around in the late 50s and early 60s, "Made in Japan" meant junk. Look at Japanese quality now.
Is history going to repeat itself? Will we ever learn?
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Talullahhound
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Buy, Buy, Amer. Pie
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1/26/2010 9:36:58 PM
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I remember when I was a child "made in Japan" meant it was junk.
In the mid-90's, I was TDY in Germany for 5 months. Naturally, (being female and all) I went clothing shopping. One of the things that struck me was how well made everything was. It was expensive too, but it certainly looked like it would last for more than a season. It also struck me that people seemed to do more window shopping than actual credit-card-in-hand shopping.
I wonder if this has changed in the intervening years?
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GoneFishin
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Buy, Buy, Amer. Pie
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1/26/2010 11:18:21 PM
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Recently, I was buying a bottle of apple juice and noticed imprinted in black on the bottle that the country of origin of the apples was China. I passed on it. I buy frozen fish and pass on those from China or farm raised in Asia. A TV or PC from Asia is fine but food...nada.
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